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With posting this picture of the Dworak family and me (taken by a passing tourist as we stood in Red Square in front of St. Basil's cathedral), I would like to tell you the story of their last day in Moscow and the big problem we were about to encounter. But, at this moment we were quite happy :-)…

With the current hot news I would like to send greetings to our veterans, defenders of our Motherland and to all people in the World on the 63rd anniversary of Great Victory and finalizing the most terrible war in human history. During the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 more than 27 million souls perished in the USSR… Health, Peace and love to all people in the World...

The general repetition of Victory Parade in honour of 63rd anniversary of the Great Victory (1945) passed on May 5th. In the military parade on May 9th (Victory Day), 2008, participated about 7000 members of the armed forces plus 400 troopers in mechanized military motorcades, but also it will be brought into play 32 aircrafts of Air Forces of Russian Federation...

The ballet "Romeo and Juliet" was shown in Moscow from 18 to 20 of April by the troupe "Deutsche Oper am Rhein" from Düsseldorf and it was a part of the Festival of Modern German Choreography supported by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. The Festival, which runs from March 27 through April 24, showcases the best German performers and strengthens the cultural interchange between Germany and Russia...

If compare with nice sunny warm days at the beginning of the month, during the last week the weather in Moscow became nasty, lots of rains and low temperatures, but today was quite exciting day for my current clients, Tom and Kerry from Australia. They hired my services far in advance (in January) on the dates of thier staying in Moscow, from 16 till 19 of April, with planning personal itineraries for sightseeing tours and and purchasing tickets in Old Circus...

On April 7th, the holiday of Annunciation of the Mother of God, I organized for my Australian clients a special tour to the Grand Kremlin and Faceted palaces on the first half of the day and after this tour we planned to see cathedrals and Armory museum of the Moscow Kremlin. For a while I was waiting for my clients from this special tour, so I decided to hang around the grounds of the Kremlin to take some interesting pictures...

An idea to create a special photo album dedicated to My Family at my website appeared long time ago, but I was not sure if it would be interesting and worthwhile to post personal pictures of my family. It might be interesting for visitors looking for personal services, as well as my former clients and friends, to see how I live, new pictures of me, my lovely wife and pets and, of course, some interesting news of our family which I can post with these pictures...

Currently (at the end of January 2008), I am quite busy with my repeat clients, mostly business people, and had not time for a while to learn its manual, but I have already tested it and made several shots of my pets. I was so excited even I forgot that several minutes earlier that I was very tired after a Moscow By Night tour with my clients...

At the end of the past winter holidays (in Russia Dec 30 - Jan 08) I received via post a letter from Olga and Bill Rogers who used my services in Moscow during almost a week (6 days) at the end of June 2007. When I opened a big envelope I was greatly surprised with a handmade calendar...

On the first days of 2008 the temperature of air in Moscow lowered down to -16..-18 C (+3…0 F), but was not snow on the grounds yet. This picture of Cathedral of Christ the Savior with view of frozen Moscow River (Moskva-Reka) that looks as like ice rink I took very early morning after seeing off my current client from USA to airport. It was soo cold that after operating my camera about ten minutes, my hands and feet almost freeze, but I was awarded several great pictures and one of them in front of you.

About Me in Short

My name's Arthur Lookyanov, I'm a private tour guide, personal driver and photographer in Moscow, Russia. I work in my business and run my website Moscow-Driver.com from 2002. Read more about me and my services, check out testimonials of my former business and travel clients from all over the World, hit me up on Twitter or other social websites. I hope that you will like my photos as well.

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Today, on evening September&nbsp;23, 0217, the&nbsp;opening ceremony&nbsp;of the VII Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" will be held again in Ostankino (last time it was there in October 2014).&nbsp;Ostankino tower&nbsp;and the surface of the&nbsp;Ostankino&nbsp;Pond will be again part of&nbsp;amazing&nbsp;multimedia light show with fireworks.